Behold, a visualization of the contiguous United States, colored by distance to the nearest domestic McDonald’s!
From Weathersealed: “For maximum McSparseness, we look westward, towards the deepest, darkest holes in our map: the barren deserts of central Nevada, the arid hills of southeastern Oregon, the rugged wilderness of Idaho’s Salmon River Mountains, and the conspicuous well of blackness on the high plains of northwestern South Dakota. There, in a patch of rolling grassland, loosely hemmed in by Bismarck, Dickinson, Pierre, and the greater Rapid City-Spearfish-Sturgis metropolitan area, we find our answer.
Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest McDonald’s, as the crow flies, and 145 miles by car!”
Even I, an Environmental blogger, have felt the siren call of the Steak, Egg and Cheese Bagel.
Yes I know that McDonald’s is a huge, evil clown faced organization that brands children through play-stations, birthday party’s and trash blowing down the street. I know they use synthetic chemicals to add more fatty good taste to their burgers. I know they allow certain parts per million of cow shit in their meat.
But it tastes so damn good!
Though it has been a very long while since I have allowed the Clown to temp me into selling my moral soul for the luscious taste of everything I find deplorable, Nevada is sounding pretty good to me right now.
107 Miles between McDonald’s? I’m lovin it!
Source: Weathersealed
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Wow, now that’s a disturbing map. Even the Midwest is slathered in McGrease! I’m Lovin’ your phrasing, though, especially “allowing the Clown to temp me into selling my moral soul for the luscious taste of everything I find deplorable” (ok, ok, so the fries are totally addictive)
Moral, you’re right about the fries. I read “Fast Food Nation” and they talk about the chemical additives they put in the fries to give them additional “taste.”
Interesting.
As for the tasting good part, I hadn’t had a fast food burger in about two years. Last night we were in a hurry on the turnpike and stopped at a BK. I used to work at BK and remember loving their burgers. I ordered a cheeseburger feeling very guilty but kind of looking forward to it. It was horrible. Absolutely tasteless except for a greasy taste.
Maybe it just takes a lot of time for our taste buds to adjust to what food is and isn’t supposed to taste like.
You gotta love our NE region on the map. I think there’s a McD’s about every mile – sometimes less – around me.
Robin,
When I was growing up, we had one fast food place and that was called “Burger Chef.” Burger Chef went out of business in the 70’s I think. There is another “burger joint” in that town called “Rays.” Rays is a privately owned location that’s been around since my mom was in school, and it only has one location. It still has the ice cream machine that can spin up any one of about a dozen flavors of milk shakes, the best french fries in the world and burgers to die for. It has a picnic table outside, but that’s the only seating.
I’m glad it’s still there, but unfortunately, I’m sure the home town McDonalds get’s more business.